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[JS] Add support for StringView types

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, typescript
Domain
data

Research direction

Start by comparing the existing JavaScript support for Arrow string-related types with the four requested views: BinaryView, LargeBinaryView, Utf8View, and LargeUtf8View. Trace how these types are represented and exposed, then verify that all four are supported consistently and add or update coverage where the project keeps its type tests.

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Description

Type: enhancement
Describe the enhancement requested

Arrow JS currently doesn't support the following string view types:

  • BinaryView
  • LargeBinaryView
  • Utf8View
  • LargeUtf8View
Component(s)

JavaScript

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
112
Forks
23
Avg merge
17h 55m
Merged PRs (30d)
10

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